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87-year-old Hendrika van Genderen, like many of us, is missing her daily routine while the coronavirus pandemic has the world on lockdown.

So her son, Australian film-maker Jason van Genderen, has created a little bit of normal life in their own home. He’s set up a miniature supermarket so that Hendrika can do her weekly supermarket shop without leaving the house.

Posting on Facebook, Jason shared a video showing how he helped his mum, who suffers from Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, decide which groceries to pick up.

The rest of the family are in on the act too: Megan and Evie, Jason’s wife and daughter, help out from behind the counter while Art, the couple’s youngest son, operates the till.

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Ben Earle, the manager of the real Bateau Bay branch of Coles, told 7News Australia: “It was truly heart-warming to see the van Genderen family’s creativity and the effort to create their at-home Coles supermarket for their mum who can’t make it to our store at the moment.

“We’ve got some Coles goodies on the way, to help complete their mini Coles set up.”